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LONDON Aug 16 (Reuters) - The head of a UK parliamentary
committee investigating phone hacking at a News Corp
paper said it would likely recall James Murdoch in person after
receiving further statements that cast doubt on his previous
testimony.

"In due course when we have all of the information that
we've requested we may well wish to put further questions to
James Murdoch," John Whittingdale told reporters after receiving
written evidence from two of Murdoch's former colleagues, and
Murdoch himself.

The two men had previously contradicted information that
James Murdoch gave to the committee in July at a hearing into
the hacking allegations at the News of the World tabloid. He
said differences remained over their accounts of events at the
newspaper.

Whittingdale said the committee was unlikely to recall
80-year-old Rupert Murdoch.